title: Vertebral arch or posterior spinal tuberculosis.
abstract: Posterior spinal tuberculosis or arch tuberculosis is a form of skeletal tuberculosis that selectively involves the vertebral arch. It may mimic skeletal neoplasm clinically and radiographically. Although posterior spinal tuberculosis has been reported in developing countries it has rarely been found in the United States. As a result, there is limited information about this entity in the US literature. We are presenting our experience in a patient born in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Abdelwahab
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Camins
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents